The city is currently under a Stage 5 water restriction plan, which means all industries, businesses, and offices must close unless they are a grocery store, health care facility, or drug store. Mebane City Councilman Sean Ewing explained that only one water pump is currently working and warned that it would be disastrous if the last one failed.
Governor Josh Stein traveled to Alamance and Orange counties on Tuesday to assess damage from Tropical Storm Chantal. The visit included a stop at Lake Michael Dam, where water levels on Sunday threatened to breach a spillway under construction.
The third storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season — and the first to make landfall in the US — Tropical Storm Chantal caused significant damage in North Carolina. The NCDOT has closed 120 roads due to flooding through Alamance County, including I-40/85.
